potato blight
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (phytopathology) A devastating disease of potatoes caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- They say they used to give pauper children soup to change to protestants in the time of the potato blight.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Phytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes
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Further reading[edit]
- Phytophthora infestans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia